Lines 165-72
ἀλλὰ τὸ μὲν πλεῖον πολυάικος πολέμοιο
χεῖρες ἐμαὶ διέπουσ', ἀτὰρ ἤν ποτε δοσμὸς ἵκηται
σοὶ τὸ γέρας πολὺ μεῖζον, ἐγὼ δ' ὀλίγον τε φίλον τε
ἔρχομ' ἔχων ἐπὶ νῆας, ἐπεί κε κάμω πολεμίζων.
νῦν δ' εἶμι Φθίηνδ', ἐπεὶ ἦ πολὺ φέρτερόν ἐστιν
οἴκαδ' ἴμεν σὺν νηυσὶ κορωνίσιν, οὐδέ σ' ὀίω
ἐνθάδ' ἄτιμος ἐὼν ἄφενος καὶ πλοῦτον ἀρύξειν."
τὸν δ' ἠμείβετ' ἔπειτα ἄναξ ἀνδρῶν Ἀγαμέμνων·
But the greater part of the onrushing war is accomplished
With my hands, and moreover when comes the division
Of the spoils, for you the much greater prize while I go
To the ships, bearing a prize both small and dear, since
I weary of fighting. And now I go to Phthia since it is far better
To go home along with the curved ships, rather than to
Think myself dishonored here, piling up wealth and riches
For you."
And then Agamemnon, the lord of men, answered him:
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